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Registered Rep.
May 10, 2007
Kristen French |
SEC Impostors on the Loose The SEC issued an alert to securities industry firms, warning them to keep an eye out for impostors -- individuals pretending to work for the SEC.   |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2011
John Reeves |
Wrist Slaps All Around at the SEC The SEC disciplines its employees who were involved in the Madoff case. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Criticized for Madoff Congress chides the SEC for the scathing inspector general report on Bernie Madoff. |
Registered Rep.
June 22, 2009
David A. Geracioti |
Madoff Had Help Running His Fraud, Says SEC The SEC today indicted four individuals for helping Bernie Madoff in his colossal Ponzi scheme. One of the individuals was a registered rep and a second was an investment advisor. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Martin Z. Braun |
Can the SEC Get Its Street Cred Back? Elaine Greenberg is investigating abuses in the muni bond market, as the commission tries to rebuild trust. |
Investment Advisor
January 2009
Jeff Joseph |
More Regulation Post-Madoff? The only thing they are certain of is that his alleged Ponzi scheme. |
Job Journal
March 6, 2005
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Golden Years Losing Glitter Debate about imperiled pension plans won't help those about to retire. Even the President's current initiative to change Social Security does little to address the dilemma them. |
CFO
January 1, 2009
Scott Leibs |
The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year. |
BusinessWeek
September 23, 2010
Levitt & Turner |
How to Clean Up the Muni Bond Market Solutions to defaulting bonds, unfunded liabilities, and fraudulent investment information. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2009
Smith & Bleeker |
Who's More to Blame: Congress or the SEC? March Stock Madness -- Second Round: Let's bullet-point some of the failures of both Congress and the SEC to determine which is more to blame for the current crisis. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Mary Schapiro's Priorities Mary Schapiro tells the Senate Banking Committee what her priorities will be at the SEC. |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Bob Clark |
The Perfect Ponzi While the Madoff debacle has been a disaster for thousands of investors, the timing couldn't be better for independent advisors. |
The Motley Fool
May 23, 2008
Tom Hutchinson |
Another Black Eye for AIG These are dark days for the insurance giant. In the latest news, former AIG chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg might face civil charges for an alleged role in improperly inflating AIG's loss reserves. |
Registered Rep.
September 2, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC Blew It With Madoff, Inspector General Says SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro announced the release today of the Office of the Inspector General's report on the Bernard Madoff fraud. It says, in short, the SEC screwed up in every way possible. |
InternetNews
November 25, 2008
Paul Shread |
HP, Cisco Weigh on Tech Stocks Investors spent Tuesday fretting about technology earnings even as the government launched a massive consumer financial rescue. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Surprise! The Madoffs Made Off With Even More More things to be outraged about, courtesy of the Bernie Madoff saga. |
Registered Rep.
December 16, 2008
Bill Singer |
Have Arthur Levitt's Words Come Back to Haunt Him? On the heels of the recent lurid discoveries about Bernard Madoff's multi-billion-dollar fraud, former SEC Chair Arthur Levitt is quoted in the article as saying: "At this point, I don't see any evidence that the SEC dropped the ball." |
Registered Rep.
February 4, 2009 |
SEC, FINRA, Hit Hard By Markopolos Testimony The famously ignored Madoff whistleblower testified before the House Financial Services Committee that the SEC is "incompetent," among other things -- and had even harsher words for FINRA. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Is Your 401(k) a Ponzi Scheme? While 401(k) plans definitely have their flaws, the idea that they're a complete ripoff for investors is a huge exaggeration. |
InternetNews
December 15, 2008
Paul Shread |
Apple, Oracle Lead Tech Stocks Lower Oracle's earnings report will headline a very busy week for Wall Street. |
BusinessWeek
July 19, 2004
Nanette Byrnes |
Comparing Pensions Around the World U.S. businesses do pay the most for employee retirement, but rising costs are now becoming a global phenomenon. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Melanie Waddell |
30 for 30 Interviews: Harry Markopolos Independent financial fraud investigator Harry Markopolos identifies strengths and weakness of the SEC. |
Registered Rep.
November 3, 2003
Will Leitch |
Fund Scandal Implicates Stockbrokers The mutual fund trading scandals headlines seemed to implicate mutual fund family executives and hedge funds -- everybody but individual retail brokers and brokerage management. But a new survey by the SEC charges brokers with abusive trading of mutual funds. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Reform Is on the Way SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro is laying the groundwork for a significantly beefed up enforcement division at the Commission. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
James J. Green |
News: SEC's Top Cop Linda Chatman Thomsen, the director of the SEC's Division of Enforcement, said February 9 that she would leave the Commission and return to the private sector. |
Registered Rep.
March 5, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
"Look Ma, Me Regulate!" No Retention Bonuses from Wells Fargo. Exceptions Apply; Merrill Bonus Saga Continues In its latest effort to prove its effectiveness, the SEC says it wants to reevaluate the rules governing credit-rating agencies. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2004
Jim Mueller |
Hang Up on This Stock Tip The SEC announced a warning against an investment scam that masquerades as a wrong phone number stock tip message left on the listener's voice mail or answering machine. |
Registered Rep.
March 11, 2009
Halah Touryalai |
Extreme Makeover: SEC With or without an increased budget, the SEC wants to make up for its shortcomings. |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Harry Markopolos et al. |
How I Got the Goods on Madoff, and Why No One Would Listen This ad hoc team of sleuths spent eight years trying to expose Bernie Madoff as a fraud - but the SEC turned a deaf ear. His new book tells the sad tale. |
Registered Rep.
January 14, 2009 |
Schapiro, FINRA Head And Obama's SEC Chair Selection Head To D.C. Tomorrow For A Confirmation Hearing Mary L. Schapiro heads to Capitol Hill tomorrow morning for the hearing on her Senate confirmation as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee to chair the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Sink Hole! How public pension promises are draining state and city budgets. |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2005
Will Leitch |
Wachovia: On the Recruiting Warpath Wachovia Securities, the third-largest brokerage in the country, has announced an "aggressive" new strategy: the creation of the Individual Investor Group, entirely devoted to the recruitment and retention of individual brokers. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2007
S.J. Caplan |
No Free Lunch Regulators are still clamping down on "free lunch" scams targeted at seniors. A recent investigation has revealed these sessions to be high-pressure sales pitches of misleading claims and unsuitable financial products, and even fraud. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Andrew Ackerman |
SEC Probes Wachovia The Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement staff has notified Wachovia Bank that they may recommend the SEC file charges against it, as a result of an investigation into alleged anti-competitive bidding practices. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2013
Megan Leonhardt |
Blotter: March 2013 Mark Kolta sued Chase Investment Services, his former employer... A former employee of deceased Friendswood investment advisor Joel David Salinas ran a concurrent Ponzi scheme... |
On Wall Street
June 1, 2010
Mark Astarita |
Tilting the Litigation Landscape Against the Financial Industry Current reform proposals could radically alter the broker-client relationship. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
Melanie Waddell |
SEC Bulks Up Enforcement The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving at a rapid pace to repair its sullied reputation after being lambasted by Congress for failing to stop the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Borrus & Dwyer |
Pumped-Up Pension Plays? U.S. regulators are investigating how some companies tinker with retiree accounting. |
Registered Rep.
May 15, 2009
Kristen French |
SEC Proposes Anti-Ponzi Rules. Do They Fall Short? Surprise exams and reviews by third party accountants: These are the new measures the SEC proposed to combat ponzi schemes like the one Bernie Madoff pulled off. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Evan Simonoff |
What Gives At The SEC? For several decades, the Securities and Exchange Commission has contended that it does not have sufficient resources to examine and inspect RIAs. Consequently, many have concluded that Finra is the default option for all RIA regulation. |
BusinessWeek
August 30, 2004
Amy Borrus |
Brokers Aren't Advisers The line between brokers and advisers was clear for decades. But in 1999, the Securities & Exchange Commission blurred that line. Now, to protect investors, the SEC must redraw a clear line. |
BusinessWeek
March 21, 2005
Amy Borrus |
Wall Street's Dirty Rotten Little Scoundrels The SEC has a new plan to turn up the heat on small-time Wall Street fraudsters. |
BusinessWeek
June 3, 2010
Jesse Westbrook |
The SEC's BlackBerry Compromise The agency will give employees BlackBerrys -- but won't demand that they keep them on weekends or after hours |
Investment Advisor
February 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Is Mary What the SEC Needs? The alternative to FINRA overseeing advisors, and what advisors would definitely prefer, is a self-regulatory organization. |
BusinessWeek
May 5, 2011
David Kamp |
Book Review: The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust by Diana B. Henriques The Ponzi-scheming sociopath finally opens up. How'd he do it? Lots of practice |
Registered Rep.
June 1, 2012
Kristen French |
Blotter: June 2012 Mark Spangler, Nicholas Louis Geranio, and David Blech have each violated federal securities laws. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
James A. Barnash |
Why We're Suing The FPA president explains the lawsuit over the SEC's broker-dealer rule that exempted certain broker-dealers from disclosure standards that apply to investment advisers and most financial planners. |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement News & Products March 2009 SEC charges Merrill Lynch advisors with securities fraud regarding pensions... New research shows deferred variable assets show promise for wealth transfer market... Research shows 7 of 10 households have a tax-advantaged savings plan through work... |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Robert Brokamp |
Let's Fix the Rules of Enforcement Is the SEC up to the task? |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: The SEC Reformation An exclusive interview with SEC chief Mary Schapiro regarding financial services reforms. |
